Eaves-trough hanger.



No. 670,675. Patented Mar. 26, IQOI.

c. A. KARPENSTEIN.

EAVES THOUGH HANGER.

(Application filed Oct. 22, 1900.)

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CHARLES A. KARPENSTEIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EAVES-TROUGH HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,675, dated March 26, 1901.

Application filed October 22, 1900- fierial No. 333%. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. KARPEN- STEIN, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Eaves-Trough Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a certain new and improved construction in eaves-trough hangers, and is designed to produce a hanger that shall be simple in its construction, that can be readily and cheaply manufactured, that can be quickly and easily applied, and that shall be certain and lasting in its operation.

Tothese ends inyinvention is embodied in a structure for a further disclosure of which reference is made to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which the same reference characters are used to designate identical parts in all the figures, of which Figure l is a perspective view of my hanger as applied to a single-bead eaves-trough. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with the crossbarin central longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof on a larger scale, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the lineA A of Fig. 2 on the same scale as Fig. 3.

The rod to is of the customary construction and has the screw-threaded lower end I). The cross-bar c is made, preferably, of a thin steel strip and has its center reinforced and thickened by having the flattened S-shaped bend cl therein. To secure the rod in place, I form the screw-threaded aperture e in the center of the bend and screw the end 17 of the red at therein, thus dispensing with the nuts which have been hitherto employed to hold the rod and cross-bar connected. The end f of the cross-oar cooperating with the beaded edge of the eaves-trough is of the customary curved construction adapted to hook over the bead when turned to the proper angle, but serving to hold it securely when the cross-bar is horizontal. The other end of the crossbar is constructed with the hook-clamp g, which is adapted to fit over the plain edge of the trough and to be clamped thereto by bending the outer side h of the hook from the full-line position of Fig. 2 to the dotted-line position. To hold the trough beyond any possibility of escape, I form in the cross-bar, (preferably bystamping it on the body thereof,) projecting outwardly from itsend where the hookclamp begins, the sharp lug 9', which when the hook is clamped in position is forced through the side of the trough. To prevent interference with the lugj when the side his clamped upon the trough, the notch in is formed in the end of the side It. When the lugjis stamped out of the body of the cross bar 0, the triangular aperture Z is formed in the inner portion of the hook-clamp.

The operation of my invention will be readily perceived, and it will also be seen that I have produced an extremely simple hanger.

that can be cheaply manufactured, easily applied, and which will furnish an efficient and lasting support for the trough to which it is applied.

While I have shown my invention as embodied in the form which I at present consider best adapted to carry out its purposes, it will he understood that it is capable of modifications and that I do not desire to be limited in theinterpretation of the following claims except as may be necessitated by the .state of the prior art.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. An eaves-trough hanger comprising a cross-piece consisting of a single metallic strip formed with means at its ends for securing it to the edges of the trough and the S-shaped bend (Z therein forming a reinforced central portion and having the screw-threaded aperture e in said bend, with the red at having one end screwed into said aperture 6, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. An eaves-trough hanger comprising the cross-piece consisting of a single metallic strip formed with the hookffordetachably securing it to the beaded edge of the trough at one end and the hook-clamp g at its other end having the lugj stamped out of the body of the strip and projecting outwardly at the point where the hook-clamp begins and adapted to be passed through the edge of the trough and into the notch It formed in the end of the hook-clamp opposite said lug, with the supporting-rod a secured to said cross-piece, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. An eaves-trough hanger comprising the cross-piece consisting of a single metallic strip formed with the hook f for detachably securing it to the beaded edge of the trough at one end and the hook-clamp g at its other end having the lugjstainped out of the body of the strip and projecting outwardly at the point Where the hook clamp begins and adapted to be passed through the edge of the trough into the notch is formed in the end of the hook-clampiopposite said lug, and having the S-shaped bend d therein forming a reinforced central portion and having the screwthreaded aperture 6 in said bend, with the 10 rod at having one end screwed into said aperture e, substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHARLES A. KARPENSTEIN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. HARBAUGH, HATTIE O. HALVORSON. 

